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No vuelvas Maria     Don't come back, Maria
 
Music: Juan Larenza
Lyrics: Cátulo Castillo

Rec. by Alfredo de Angelis
with Carlos Dante & Julio Martel
  Tr. Jake Spatz
Recited 29 Nov. 06, Divino Lounge
 
!María!,
no vuelvas María,
que nada ha quedado
de aquella alegría
que honrado te dí...
!María!,
no vuelvas María,
que solo hallarías
el eco cansado
de un vals para tí...

Maria!
don't come back, Maria,
for of all that old joy
I once gave you true
not a scrap's left behind...
Maria!
don't come back, Maria,
for the run-down old echo
of a waltz made for you
is all that you'll find...

!María!,
no vuelvas María,
trayéndome ingrata,
la mancha escarlata
de tu frenesí...
!María!,
si llega ese día
no se que sería,
María, de mi.

Maria!
don't come back, Maria,
to bring your mad whims in
and change me to crimson
so ungratefully...
Maria!
if that day should dawn now,
who knows what'll be,
Maria, of me.

!María!,
creyéndote mía,
te daba el sincero
cariño primero
que fué mi ilusión,
!no vuelvas!,
que ya no te quiero,
!María!, !María!,
de mi corazón.

Maria!
believing you mine,
I gave you the first,
sincerest affection
my hopes could impart...
Don't come back!
for no more do I love you,
Maria, Maria,
with all of my heart.



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